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Stephen Colbert and David Schwimmer with their Northwestern Improv Group No Fun Mud Piranhas.
Colbert will be in town this weekend to accept Lookingglass Theatre Company’s Civic Engagement Award.
Schwimmer, Joy Gregory (also pictured), and a group of their Northwestern classmates founded Lookingglass in the basement of Jones Performing Arts Residential College.
It’s 9 degrees in Evanston today. Think that’s cold?
Stephen Colbert is not impressed.
From his 2011 Northwestern commencement address:
“Let me ask the alumni here: You ever have classes called because it was a little brisk outside? No! ‘Cause we were wildcats when wildcats were wildcats! For Pete’s sake, it’s called Northwestern because when it was founded this was the Northwest Territories! It’s first graduating class was offered a double major in fur-trapping and frostbite. And my first winter here—this is a true story, you can look it up—I endured what is still the coldest day in Chicago history—January 20, 1985. Negative 27 degrees, negative 83 with the windchill…”
We have funny alumni.
Two distinguished Northwestern alums went head-to-head on last night’s Colbert Report. Watch Stephen Colbert (C86, H11) cross-examine Justice John Paul Stevens (L47, H77).
There was a double dose of Wildcat comedy on TV last night when Northwestern alumni Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert went toe-to-toe on “The Colbert Report.” The subject of Northwestern came up almost immediately…
![Check out our gallery of Northwestern commencement photos, including some shots of Stephen Colbert prepping for his address. [View Gallery]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln94hq0cSp1qcgbb0o1_500.jpg)
Check out our gallery of Northwestern commencement photos, including some shots of Stephen Colbert prepping for his address. [View Gallery]
After Friday’s commencement ceremony, student tour guide Chase Jackson had the honor of leading Stephen Colbert and President Schapiro on a tour of Northwestern’s Evanston campus!
What a great day for Northwestern! Class of 1986 alumnus Stephen Colbert returned to his alma mater for the 25th anniversary of his graduation and delivered an uproarious speech to the Class of 2011. [Full Coverage]
Great Chicago Sun-Times article on Stephen Colbert’s Northwestern days with the improv comedy group No Fun Mud Piranhas
Today is Northwestern alum/2011 Commencement speaker Stephen Colbert’s birthday. It’s also Friday. There’s only one way to celebrate.
